Blind equality is the application of impartial judgement concerning multiple persons (or objects), usually in the application of human law by removing consideration of all irrelevant attributes, so that no partiality is held for any party. For example, a murder case might not consider the wealth of the defendant (except in the case of transactions directly related to the crime), in order to allow for a court which judges both the rich and the poor with impartiality. Or, a reader grading student essays might not be given access to any means by which they might identify the authors to be graded.
An inability to discern between several persons or objects (in effect, anonymity) produces a blind equality, in both consideration and treatment. While discernment threatens to cause partial judgement, blind equality aims to guarantee impartiality, fairness, and equality for all judged parties. Blind equality ensures justice by preventing government from legislating to produce inequality -- or potentially even oppression -- among its citizen and thus oppression of, its citizens.
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